Disease Identification Anthracnose can be found on all parts of corn throughout the growing season. However, the disease is most often observed as a 1) leaf blight or spot, 2) top dieback, or 3) stalk ...

The top kill phase is easily confused with corn borer injury, but is differentiated from corn borer injury by the fact that there are no insect entrance holes in the stalk. The stalk rot phase of ...

Thus, corn suffering from stalk rot will easily lodge, or bend when exposed to windy conditions common in Delaware (Figure 2). In addition, plants suffering from stalk rot have rotted roots, which ...